| Navy | The Royal Canadian Navy |
| Type | Corvette |
| Class | Flower |
| Pennant | K 245 |
| Built by | Marine Industries Ltd. (Sorel, Quebec, Canada) |
| Ordered | 20 Feb 1941 |
| Laid down | 22 Mar 1941 |
| Launched | 2 Sep 1941 |
| Commissioned | 8 Dec 1941 |
| End service | 14 Jul 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned 14 July 1945. |
Commands listed for HMCS Fredericton (K 245)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Hubert Smith MacDonald, RCNR | 15 Nov 1941 | 5 Nov 1942 |
| 2 | Lt. John Eric Harrington, RCNVR | 6 Nov 1942 | 20 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | T/Lt. Jack Cranfield Smyth, RCNR | 21 Jul 1944 | 14 Jul 1945 |
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Notable events involving Fredericton include:
14 Feb 1944
HMS H 34 (Lt. R.L. Jay, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Azalea (Lt.Cdr. G.C. Geddes, RD, RNR), HMCS Halifax (T/Lt. M.F. Oliver, RCNR) and HMCS Fredericton (A/Lt.Cdr. John Eric Harrington, RCNVR). (1)
22 Mar 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) departed Rothesay for Gibraltar. She was escorted by HMCS Fredericton (T/Lt. J.C. Smyth, RCNR) until 0700/23 when Vengeful joined convoy OS 118 / KMS 92.
For the daily positions of HMS Vengeful during the passage from Rothesay to Piraeus see the map below.
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Sources
- ADM 173/18492
- ADM 173/20258
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.
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